Danube class starship
Category:Star Trek Starfleet ship classes
In the
Star Trek fictional universe, the
Danube class is a group of
starships used by
Starfleet as runabouts — vessels, small but larger than shuttlecraft, used for long-range movement of personnel and supplies. Runabouts of the Danube class are mostly named for
rivers on
Earth. The Danube class runabout features a modular design; with the assembly of the spine, pylons, and nacelles removed, mission-specific modules can be added or changed. Known modules include various research laboratories, sensor stations, power generators, emergency habitats, more living quarters, modules containing four micro-
torpedo launchers, and other weapons modules.
Specifications
\n*Production facilities:\n**Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards, Mars\n**Three other facilities, as of yet unknown\n*Type: Runabout\n*Dimensions:\n**Height: 5.4 m\n**Length: 13.1 m\n**Beam: 13.7 m\n*Accommodation: \n*Propulsion:\n**One matter/antimatter reactor powering two eighteen-coil warp engines\n**Two impulse modules\n*Performance: Warp 4.7\n*Weaponry:\n**Six phaser arrays\n**One micro-torpedo launcher (possibly not on all ships of class)\n*Defenses: Deflector shields\n*Landing capability: Yes
Known Danube class runabouts
\n*USS Danube (NX-72003)\n**Named for the Danube River, the runabout Danube was constucted in the mid- to late 2360s and was pathfinder of its class.\n*USS Gander (Registry unknown)\n**Destroyed by the Jem'Hadar over Goralis in 2375.\n*USS Ganges (NCC-72454)\n**Named for the Ganges River, the runabout Ganges was assigned to Deep Space Nine. The Ganges was destroyed in 2370 by a T'Lani vessel.\n*USS Mekong (NCC-72617)\n**Named for the Mekong River, the runabour Mekong was destroyed in 2371.\n*USS Orinoco (NCC-72905)\n**Named for the Orinoco River, the runabout Orinoco was destroyed in 2372 by a Cardassian separatist group named "The True Way."\n*USS Rio Grande (NCC-72452)\n**Named for the Rio Grande, the runabout Rio Grande was assigned to Deep Space Nine. Transported Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Commander Data, Counselor Deanna Troi, and Commander Geordi LaForge from a convention to the Enterprise-D. The Rio Grande was briefly frozen in a temporal distortion, in 2369. At one point, the Rio Grande crashed on a planet but was salvaged.\n*USS Rubicon (NCC-72936)\n**Named for the Rubicon, the runabout Rubicon was used to investigate a rare subspace compression anomaly circa stardate 51474.2. The Rubicon was destroyed in the Romulan and Cardassian attack on the Dominion.\n*USS Shenandoah (NCC-73024)\n**Named for the Shenandoah River, the runabout Shenandoah was assigned to Deep Space Nine. On stardate 51825, Ensign Nog and Jake Sisko used the Shenandoah to deliver an official diplomatic message to Grand Nagus Zek. The Shenandoah was nearly destroyed by Jem'Hadar attack ships but was saved by the Defiant class USS Valiant in 2374. Fate uncertain.\n*USS Volga (NCC-73196)\n**Named for the Volga, the runabout Volga was used in a 2372 botanical survey of the planet Torad IV.\n*USS Yangtzee Kiang (NCC-72453)\n**Destroyed in a crash on a penal colony moon in the Gamma Quadrant.\n*USS Yukon (NCC-74602)\n**Named for the Yukon River, the runabout Yukon was destroyed by the USS Defiant when a Dominion agent stole the runabout to destroy the Bajor system's sun.\n*(Name unknown) (NCC-73918)\n**This unnamed runabout was used to obtain a Breen energy dampening weapon.
External links
\n*"Danube class" at LCARScom.Net\n*"Danube class" at Memory Alpha\n*"Star Trek Ships: Expanded"
